English

Noun

fantastique ‎(uncountable)

1. (art, literature) A genre of literature and film that overlaps with science fiction, horror and fantasy; associated chiefly with French literature
   • 1988, January 29, “Jonathan Rosenbaum”, in Invitation to the Trance:

     And certainly the film's free-floating fantasy and the blatant transparency of its narrative--its capacity to be seen for the artifice that it is--are a lot closer to fantastique than they are to the more logically circumscribed forms of fancy celebrated in this country.

See also

• fantastique on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑ̃.ta.stik/

Adjective

fantastique m, f ‎(plural fantastiques)

1. fantastic (related to fantasy or fantasies)

Derived terms

• fantastiquement